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what a ****

&gt; In the 16th and 17th centuries, before commercial
&gt; fertilizer was
&gt; invented,
&gt; large shipments of manure were transported by ship.
&gt; It was shipped in dry bundles because in dry form it
&gt; weighed a lot less
&gt; than when wet.
&gt; But once water hit it at sea, it not only became
&gt; heavier, but the
&gt; process of fermentation began,
&gt; a by-product of which is methane gas. It didn't take
&gt; long for methane to
&gt; build up below decks and
&gt; the first time someone came below at night with a
&gt; lantern, BOOOOM!
&gt;
&gt; Several ships were destroyed in this manner before
&gt; somebody figured out
&gt; what was happening.
&gt; Once they determined the role that manure played in
&gt; the explosions,
&gt; everybody began stamping the bundles with the term
&gt; "Ship High In Transit,"
&gt; so that the sailors would know to stow it high
&gt; enough off the lower
&gt; decks so that
&gt; any water that came into the hold would not touch
&gt; this volatile cargo
&gt; and start the production of methane.
&gt;
&gt; Thus evolved the term "S.H.I.T," which has come down
&gt; through the
&gt; centuries and is in use to this very day.
&gt;
&gt; You probably did not know the true history of this
&gt; word. Neither did I.
&gt; I always thought it was a golf term.
&gt; So next time wen u say **** it means this....